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1.   Nothing could ever abash him.

               

    (A) please  

(B) delight

    (C) embarrass  

    (D) infuriate  

               

2.   The doctor gave him some medicine to abate his pain.

               

    (A) increase  

(B) reduce

    (C) augment  

    (D) revive  

               

3.   The king abdicated the throne in order to marry a commoner.

               

    (A) grabbed  

(B) usurped

    (C) abandoned  

    (D) retained  

               

4.   A rich kid was

abducted yesterday.

               

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     (A) rescued  

(B) kidnapped

    (C) killed  

    (D) betrayed  

               

5.   The young man stole the money in a moment of aberration.

               

    (A) deviation  

(B) conformity

    (C) anecdote  

    (D) sanity  

               

6.   We abhor a traitor.

               

    (A) admire  

(B) scorn

    (C) respect  

    (D) revere  

               

7.   A good citizen abides by law.

               

    (A) violates  

(B) removes

    (C) shifts  

    (D) adheres to  

               

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 8.   We don't force anyone to abjure his religion.

               

    (A) adopt  

(B) give up

    (C) cherish  

    (D) abduct  

               

9.   Grace has
abominable taste in clothes.

               

    (A) graceful  

(B) detestable

    (C) delightful  

    (D) classy  

               

10.   His garden abounds in beautiful flowers.

         

    (A) teems with  

(B) lacks

    (C) abhors  

    (D) abdicates  

       

    Answers  
1C   2B   3C   4B   5A   6B   7D   8B   9B   10A

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